Patent 7959820 was granted and assigned to Dainippon Screen Mfg Co on June, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
According to the substrate processing method of the invention, a jet of droplets generated from a gas and a heated processing liquid is supplied to the surface of a substrate. A resist stripping liquid to strip off the resist from the surface of the substrate is then supplied to the surface of the substrate.